the Seahawks job. Looks like the Joe McKnight hammer is about to be dropped on USC by the NCAA.

I might move if the Hawks hire Carroll. It's amazing to me how quickly people seem to have forgotten what a sh*tty NFL coach he was.

No doubt. Pick the worst:

Pete Carroll
Steve Spurrier
Lou Holtz

I'm sure there are many more fine college coaches who stunk in the pros but those three jump out.

Bobby Petrino



TSN just had a piece on the recent failed group of college-to-pros coaches. It's been a while since there was a successful one (I think Jimmy Johnson might have been the most recent success)

Switzer won a Super Bowl!!!

Saban is another.

I LEKED PETE AS JETS COACH

THEY STARTED 6-4 LOST LAST 6(INCLUDING MARINO'S FAKE SPIKE

DIDN'T GET MUCH OF A CHANCE

WALLY BACKMAN!!!!

pete's not a good pro coach because EVERYBODY pays their players there. he loses his advantage.

Quote: Originally Posted By specimen on 1/08/2010pete's not a good pro coach because EVERYBODY pays their players there. he loses his advantage

nice

Quote: Originally Posted By examinerebb on 1/08/2010
I might move if the Hawks hire Carroll. It's amazing to me how quickly people seem to have forgotten what a sh*tty NFL coach he was.

Well, in 4 seasons he went 33-31 and took his team to the playoffs twice. I'm pretty sure there have been a lot shittier coaches out there than that.

That being said, I don't think he'll have the same success in the pros as he has had at USC. Someone else said it earlier that his strength is in recuiting which is a non-factor in the pros. My guess is that he's pretty sure some kind of sanctions are going to come down on the program and he figures he might as well go out while his stock is high and can get the buckoo bucks for a few years ($7M per according to some reports).

Sounds like the Hawks are making him Head Coach and President of Football Operations. Awesome. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go clean out my ears with a power drill.

Bizarre to me that, immediately following a season in which "the coach lost his team," they go out and hire the guy for whom that phrase was invented. Oh, well. At least this makes it easier for Sark to go down into California and get recruits.

Pete Carroll has reached an agreement in principle with the Seahawks on a deal to be their next head coach, multiple NFL sources confirmed early Saturday morning.


Carroll was fully expected to be introduced by the Seahawks as early as Monday, after the Seahawks interviewed Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier on Saturday morning.

According to league sources, Frazier met with the Seahawks in Minneapolis, satisfying the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview a minority candidate for head-coaching and senior-football-operations hires.


Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke had told Frazier that Carroll definitely does not have Seattle's job. Frazier had been unwilling to talk with the Seahawks about the vacancy if Carroll was been promised full control of the Seahawks. Multiple sources indicated he was.


On Friday, Jim Mora became the first Seahawks coach to be let go after one season.


Seattle also contacted the agent for Chargers defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, but as of Saturday morning nothing had been set up.


But the bottom line is, Carroll's agreement with Seattle is "100 percent done," one NFL source close to the situation said.


In a text message to ESPN's Chris Mortensen on Friday, Carroll said, "You know I haven't responded to a NFL question in two years."

But a league source told Mortensen that Carroll was trying to persuade USC offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates to join him in Seattle -- as opposed to Bates pursuing the same position with the Chicago Bears.

Carroll is no stranger to the NFL, having served as the head coach for the Patriots from 1997-99 and for the Jets in 1994.

He was the Jets' defensive coordinator from 1990-93 after stints as the defensive backs coach for the Vikings (1985-89) and Bills (1984).

The ripple effect from Carroll's pending move has reached beyond the NFL and college ranks.


When the news broke Friday that Carroll could be headed to Seattle, USC's incoming freshman class at the U.S. Army All American Bowl in San Antonio began franctically calling USC's assistant coaches.


For the rest of the day, not a single USC assistant returned a single phone call, according to sources at the game.


By now, calls might have been returned.


But witnesses to the scene said that players such as All-American wide receiver Kyle Prater and running back Dillon Baxter could not figure out what was unfolding with Carroll.


Baxter, for one, had verbally committed to USC as a high-school freshman and never looked at another school. But now that Carroll is expected to leave USC, other schools already have begun contacting the players scheduled to enroll there in the fall with hopes they will change their mind.

Meanwhile, the Seahawks' search for a new general manager is also under way.

Giants director of college scouting Marc Ross will interview for the vacant position Wednesday, according to John Wooten, the chairman of the committee that oversees Rooney Rule compliance.

The panel, called the Fritz Pollard Alliance, agreed to allow the interview only after being given assurances Carroll would not have full control of Seattle's organization, but rather only control over the 53-man roster.